Climate
New Territories logs 109 hot days a year to Sha Tin's 105 — Sha Tin wins by 4. Sha Tin also leads on sunny days by 6.
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Air Quality
New Territories averages 15.7 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Sha Tin's 14.2 µg/m³ (moderate) — Sha Tin breathes ~9% cleaner air (1.4 µg/m³ lower).
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
New Territories (4.0M) and Sha Tin (683K) are 5.8x in population — New Territories is the larger metro, Sha Tin the smaller.
New Territories is roughly 5.8x the scale of Sha Tin
Based on population (area data unavailable for some cities)
New TerritoriesSha TinCity Scale Rankings
New Territories4.0M5.8xSha Tin683K1xWho Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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